Where does “musapiri-papasawa” come from?

musapiri-papasawa (Nheengatu) comes from Nheengatu musapiri, from Old Tupi mosapyr — three.

musapiri-papasawa (Nheengatu): three hundred

Definitions

  1. three hundred

Ancestry of “musapiri-papasawa”, step by step

musapiri-papasawa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Nheengatu musapiri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Nheengatumusapirithree
2Old Tupimosapyrthree

via Nheengatu papasawa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Nheengatupapasawahundred
Every word from Old Tupi mosapyr →Every word from Nheengatu musapiri →